Quotes About Dedication

I think, a lot of guys who want to be professional football players, they see the Premiership players, and they see the finished article, but there's a lot of hard work that's gone into their careers for them to get there. There's a lot of sacrifice, and I think people tend to forget that.

When I first got to college, in my mind, I was going to end up playing professional football. When I tell people this story, they always end up laughing, and I chuckle about it at my own expense. I was a big fan of American football; I played in high school, and I ended up earning the opportunity to play in college.

I played 13 years. I did quite well in professional football. Therefore, I do not need.

I competed every day as a professional football player... You've got to like competing. That's how your team gets better, when you have competition every day.

Since I was in high school, I wanted to play professional football and professional baseball, be a two-sport star.

In professional football you have to live day-to-day.

To have six years of professional football under my belt already is really something.

I don't even enjoy football, at least professional football, anymore because I'm breaking the game down constantly. You're sitting there watching the plays, and you're talking mental reps on what would I have done here against this coverage or this leverage, this, that. It is what it is.

I've played with, and against, some of the best players in the world and have experienced so much that professional football has to offer.

David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player.

I would try to be a striker even though I wasn't and once I started growing up and seeing professional football was a step closer I would look at Sergio Ramos. I always looked up to Ramos as an example and watched him a lot.

I don't say I'm necessarily a professional football player. I'm a competitor. That's what was instilled in me as a young boy.

You have to deal with a lot of things when you are a professional football player, and that is not so easy.

I was a young boy from Western Australia with a dream to play professional football.

I played professional football for 21 years, captained four clubs in the Premier League and won 39 caps for my country.

My professional life shouldn't be an influence on whether I spend time at home. My career is my whole life's blood. It's my calling.

Steppenwolf has always been at the center of everything in my professional life.

My motivation in personal and professional life is my dad because the way he has played and inspired many other players to play cricket the correct way. He had a great professional life and has always been an outspoken man.

I have never let the personal life affect my professional life.

For me, being professional is being at the top level in both my personal life and professional life.

I've played as a winger all of my professional life and I'm looking forward to doing that now in front of the Everton fans.

I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.

My ambition with Al Ahli is to be an example for the local players. They must learn that professionalism is the path to success.

My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.